Perched atop a brownstone at 543 Dean Street in Prospect Heights, this modern duplex penthouse condo has a fetching design, with two outdoor spaces and banks of floor-to-ceiling windows and an oversized skylight over an open staircase that bring in a lot of light.
With a pair of built-in desks and a… Read More >
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The listing for this five-bedroom triplex -- in a brownstone at 382 Park Place in Prospect Heights -- offers only two interior shots, but they present a pretty compelling vision.
There's an airy and inviting front parlor with high ceilings, parquet floors, moldings, a double-wide stained-glass window transom, and an entry… Read More >
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This Prospect Heights one-bedroom delivers plenty of early 20th century charm, with its fetching original wooden door and window frames, its gorgeous mirrored mantel and its classic black-and-white tiled bathroom, with Art Deco-era tub. It's on the first floor of a 10-unit Renaissance Revival-style building at 207 Park Place, designed… Read More >
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More loft than apartment, a newly vacant space in Prospect Heights was not a sight to behold when its current occupants first clapped eyes on it. "It was broken up into several rooms with temporary walls, and it was terrifying," said Casey DeBois, the interior designer who masterminded the makeover… Read More >
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Located in a prewar building at 125 Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights, this studio co-op is attractive and newly renovated, with high ceilings and some nice original detailing. It hits the market at the same time as a similar apartment below, opening up the option to buy them both and create… Read More >
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It's been a long time coming, but 303 nicer-looking-than-average affordable units at 38 6th Avenue in Prospect Heights will be up for grabs starting Friday.
Part of the controversial Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards development, the 100 percent affordable building will bring dozens more units to market at once than the typical… Read More >
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Some masonry fell off a Prospect Heights building this morning at 11:45 a.m. and caused some damage, according to a tipster who sent in these photos. Luckily, no one was hurt. He said:
Huge piece of masonry just fell off the roof of 600 Vanderbilt. No one hurt inside or outside.… Read More >
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Everyone knows Brooklyn's reputation as a center of culture, creativity and authenticity. World-class cultural institutions like Brooklyn Academy of Music and urban enchantments such as Prospect Park make the borough a coveted place to call home. Now you can live right in the middle of it all, in one of… Read More >
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This prewar Prospect Heights two-bedroom co-op is gracious and attractive, with generous spaces and a functional layout. It's on the second floor of a 78-unit elevator building at 175 Eastern Parkway, a worthy location directly across the street from the Brooklyn Museum.
The apartment holds nearly 1,000 square feet of space, split… Read More >
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This floor-through rental has a fair amount of space and some nice brownstone detailing, and is newly spruced up with no fee. It's in a brownstone on a prime Prospect Heights block, at 381 Sterling Place, in the Prospect Heights Historic District.
The circa 1901 building was designed by prolific 19th… Read More >
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A pair of crumbling wood-frame houses has come back from the brink and been beautifully restored. The landmarked houses at 578 and 580 Carlton Avenue in Prospect Heights date from the mid-19th century, but crisp details and clean clapboards tell the onlooker that some new material is in use.
The circa… Read More >
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It is a brownstoner's dream -- an almost untouched 1870s townhouse brimming with original hardware, mantels, woodwork and even the original kitchen stove. One new homeowner, artist Cara Silverman, found such a treasure in Prospect Heights and invited Brownstoner to take a look before renovations begin.
For Silverman, the house… Read More >
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An affordable housing lottery has opened for 15 units at an under-construction building with an interesting facade at 317 St. Marks Avenue in Prospect Heights.
Studios in the building, dubbed The Brooklyn Zinc, will go for $856 a month. One-bedroom units will be $958 a month, and two-bedroom units will be… Read More >
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Editors note: This post originally ran in 2012 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here.
Just a block from Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park is an early example of one of Brooklyn's great red brick Victorian school buildings. Public School 111 at 249 Sterling Place in… Read More >
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Brooklyn in 2017 is a study in juxtaposition. One of the oldest of North American cities is booming. Industry is set against artistry; the new honors and pays homage to the old; urban decay makes way for renewal. Settled neighborhoods with century-old housing stock welcome new styles of architecture and… Read More >
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An affordable housing lottery has launched for 10 newly constructed units at 1007 Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights.
The lottery will make two studio units, three one-bedrooms, and five two-bedrooms available. The studios will ask $780 a month, the one-bedrooms will go for $806 a month, and the two-bedrooms will charge… Read More >
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When you enter the compound at 875 Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, you might wonder if you've somehow landed in California.
Located off Vanderbilt Avenue close to Barclays Center, the 25-by-100-foot lot holds a renovated one-family carriage house with a garage in the front and another renovated residence in the rear.
A… Read More >
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This two-family Prospect Heights brownstone needs work, and maybe a fair amount of it, but it could polish up into something nice. It's at 552 Carlton Avenue in the Prospect Heights Historic District, between Dean and Bergen streets.
The circa 1877 brownstone was designed by the Parfitt Brothers and, according to the… Read More >
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"Million Dollar Listing" star and Nest Seekers broker Ryan Serhant will talk about his experience in the Brooklyn market at the next Brownstoner Open Houses. Attendees can also tour a model apartment and the building at 550 Vanderbilt, where the free networking event will take place.
The model apartment will… Read More >
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Count on a pair of architects to use their own living space -- in this case, a 700-square-foot top-floor condo unit in a 1920s walk-up -- as a place to experiment. "In our own home, we like to test out ideas that, if they’re successful, we can implement in future projects,"… Read More >
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